Yamaha Extended Service’s Garrett Gerloff took home the AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport win in dominant fashion at New Orleans Motorsports Park. Gerloff beat out his closest competition, Road Race Factory’s Hayden Gillim, by over 11 seconds at the checkers. Celtic Racing’s James Rispoli rounded out the podium an additional 11 seconds back.

Gerloff got to the front early on and began building his gap on the field immediately. Rispoli and Gillim were in close competition through the opening laps, but Gillim was able to find a line past the Suzuki rider and once he slotted into second, he proceeded to build a gap of his own.

Gillim’s teammate Tomas Puerta finished in fourth, followed by Castrol Triumph’s Dustin Dominguez in fifth. Dominguez powered through the field to the fifth spot, but had to chip away at a gap on fourth that was close to five seconds at one point. By the finish, Dominguez trailed Puerta by 1.926 seconds.

Harv’s Harley-Davidson’s Travis Wyman, fresh from his XR1200 race, finished sixth in SuperSport followed by Best Book 1’s Ryan Kerr in seventh. Eyeball NYC’s Miles Thornton took eighth with Suzuki’s Elena Myers and Kneedragger.com’s Stefano Mesa taking ninth and tenth respectively.

Rispoli clinched the SuperSport West and Overall division titles after Race 1 at New Orleans, and Riders Discount Vesrah Suzuki’s Jake Lewis led the East Division. Dominguez claimed second overall in the East, with Puerta third and Mesa in fourth. Gillim took second behind Rispoli in Western division points and Myers finished the season in third.